"Little Red Barns" blends investigative journalism with memoir to unveil the cruelty and corruption of American factory farms. The book aims to dismantle the myth of the idyllic American family farm and confront the grim realities of... Read More

Joelle Kidd’s cultural critique "Jesusland" surveys the charming and perilous cultural artifacts and attitudes that defined evangelical Christianity in the early twenty-first century. Kitschy aspects of Christian youth culture... Read More

Plans to renovate a storied mansion are threatened by its ghosts in Cherie Priest’s secret-laden novel "It Was Her House First". In the 1930s, after the death of her daughter Priscilla, film star Venita commits suicide, orchestrates... Read More

Karen J. Johnson’s eye-opening history book is about the complicity of American churches in systemic inequality. Tracing the long history of religious support for segregation, the book asserts that white Christians have used biased... Read More

In Yiğit Karaahmet’s gripping thriller "Summerhouse", love slips into betrayal on a picturesque Turkish island. Fehmi and Şener live a beautiful life on Büyükada. Their forty-year romantic partnership is known to everyone on the... Read More

Attending to gaps in the Arthurian legends with care, Sam Davey’s captivating fantasy novel "The Chosen Queen" delves into the dangerous web of politics, religion, and magic that led to the birth of King Arthur. Through the... Read More

Celebrating the seductive lines of classic designs, Dominic Bradbury’s coffee table book "Mid-Century Modern Designers" is sure to please aesthetes and home decorators alike. Their palettes “colorful and joyful” and their designs... Read More

An ambitious reconstruction of a hidden personal life, "Gabriële" is Anne and Claire Berest’s biographical novel about their formidable great-grandmother. At twenty-seven, Gabriële Buffet had carved out an unusual life—studying... Read More